File:Zal Rescued by the Simurgh.jpg

Summary

Artist

painter:

Attributed to Sadiqi Beg (1533–1610)
Alternative names	Sâdeqi; Sadiqi
Description	painter, librarian, illuminator, poet, draftsperson and soldier
Date of birth/death	1533	1610
Location of birth/death	Tabriz	Isfahan
Authority file	: Q4404551 VIAF: 96546087 ISNI: 000000036725012X ULAN: 500116670 LCCN: no2010010075 GND: 137579888 WorldCat

Title

Zal Rescued by the Simurgh

Part of

Shahnameh of Shah Abbas

Object type

folio / manuscript illumination / painting

Description

English: Shahnama of Shah Abbas I

فارسی: شاهنامه شاه عباس اول

Language

Persian

Date

circa 1590s

Medium

paper, pigment, ink and gold

Dimensions

height: 408 mm (16 in)

; width: 262 mm (10.3 in)

Collection

Chester Beatty Library

	Native name	Chester Beatty
	Location	Dublin
	Coordinates	53° 20′ 31.2″ N, 6° 16′ 01.2″ W
	Established	1950
	Website	chesterbeatty.ie
	Authority file	: Q391976 VIAF: 127596636 ISNI: 0000000404881060 LCCN: n80050107 SUDOC: 027374297 BNF: 122059908 WorldCat

Accession number

CBL Per 277.12 (Chester Beatty Library)

Place of creation

Qazvin

Inscriptions

خداوند مهری بسیمرغ داد		نکرد او بخوردن ازان خرد یاد
فرود آمد از ابر سیمرغ و چنگ		بزد برگرفتش از آن گرم سنگ
ببردش دمان تا بالبرز کوه		که بودش بدانجا کنام از گروه
سوی بچگان برد تا بشکرند		بدان نالهٔ زار او ننگرند

References

Source/Photographer

Google Arts & Culture — zal-rescued-by-the-simurgh/NQHUBeDm9Vk7Ew

Other versions

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